CHILDREN and other patients in Worcester can grab their jab this month as a massive vaccination effort rolls out across the city.

Organisations across the city are joining together to invite patients to have a spring Covid booster as well as allowing them to have their first, second or third doses if they are due.

A series of events are being held at venues in Worcester throughout May, as well as events at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern.

The calendar is as follows:

  • May 5 – Lyppard Hub, Warndon Villages – 12.30pm-6pm
  • May 6 – Corn Market – 9am-4pm
  • May 7 – The Guildhall (5+ clinic) – 9am-4pm
  • May 9 – The Green Centre, Dines Green – 10am-4pm
  • May 10 – KGV Hub, Brickfields – 9am-5pm
  • May 11 – Angel Place – 9am-4pm
  • May 12 – Lyppard Hub, Warndon Villages – 12pm-7pm
  • May 13 – Corn Market – 9am-4pm
  • May 16 – St Johns Leisure Centre – 2pm-8pm
  • May 17 – Ronkswood Hub – 9am-5pm
  • May 18 – Angel Place – 9am-4pm
  • May 19 – Lyppard Hub (5+ clinic), Warndon Villages – 12pm-7pm
  • May 20 – Corn Market – 9am-4pm
  • May 23 – St Johns Leisure Centre – 2pm-8pm
  • May 24 – Ronkswood Hub – 10am-7pm
  • May 25 – Angel Place – 9am-4pm
  • May 26 – Lyppard Hub, Warndon Villages – 12pm-7pm
  • May 27 – Corn Market – 9am-4pm

Patients are eligible for their spring booster if they are 3-6 months from their first jab and aged 75 and over or immunosuppressed.

Patients aged 5-11 can also get a Covid-19 vaccine at St Peter’s Baptist Church or Three Counties Showground—as well as at the Guildhall on May 7 (9am-4pm) and at Lyppard Hub on May 19 (12pm-7pm).

Finbarr Nolan, outreach manager at SW Healthcare, said: “We’re running events almost daily throughout May to make it easier than ever for patients to get vaccinated in Worcester city without an appointment, so if you’re due for any of your vaccinations you can visit any of our pop-ups happening in the city."

Dr Ian Tait, GP and clinical chair of NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG said: "As we learn to live with COVID sadly, we continue to see significant numbers of people unwell in hospital with COVID, it remains vital that those most at risk come forward when they are invited to do so.

“Ensuring adults over 75, residents in care homes and individuals 12 and over who have a weakened immune system have their spring booster vaccine is an important priority for the NHS."